Hosting your own blog using apache, mysql, php and wordpress

Here are some instructions on how to build and install open source software that can be used to host your own website. I created these documents, scripts and how to’s in the process of building this site. I used an apple mac computer running os x 10.4.9 with a fixed ip address from my ISP and open source software found on the web.

The only real difficulty was finding up to date information on building and installing as the instructions very rapidly became out of date.

How to build & install Apache 2.2.4 on Mac OS X 10.4.9 intel
How to install MySQL 5.0.41 on Mac OS X 10.4.9 intel
How to build & install PHP 5.2.2 on Mac OS X 10.4.9 intel

How to setup wordpress 2.2 using the above and where to find some nice templates will come shortly…